Codigo Internacional de la Edificacion 2003

Winner of the 2020 SAMLA Studies Book Award — Edited Collection Cities both near and far communicate in a variety of ways. Travel between, through, and among urban centers initiates contact, and cities themselves are sites of ever-changing cultural and historical encounters. Predictable and surprising challenges and opportunities arise when city borders are crossed, voices meet, and artistic traditions find their counterparts. Using the Latin word for “translation,” translatio, or “to carry across,” as a point of departure, Avenues of Translation explores how translation...

Barcelona 1992-2004 offers a selection of chronologically arranged projects that provide an overview of the period that commences with the 1992 Olympic Games and culminates in the huge cultural event that is the Universal Forum of Cultures-Barcelona 2004. The selection has focused in particular on projects involving the city’s openness to the sea and those which have managed to adapt to its existing residential fabric. Presented as separate chapters are projects for new high-rise buildings and schemes for the 22@ plan and the Universal Forum of Cultures. The selection is preceded by a text...

The Middle Ages constitute one of the darkest periods of humanity. European monarchs vying for their own interests and the relentless spread of the plague, or Black Death, consumed the lives of millions. Then, seemingly overnight, colossal monuments began soaring through the skies, dominating the heights ?the Gothic period had been born. In this book, Fern?ndez Bueno unveils some of the key enigmas that throughout the ages have been locked within the walls of cathedrals. Where and why they were built, their acoustics, symbology, legends, and alchemy. This is a magical voyage through the main...

Marta Llorente lleva la mirada allí donde se desliza la luz " a partir de la experiencia de habitar el mundo, el paisaje, y en especial la arquitectura". Dice la autora: "he seguido el camino que recorre el trazo de la luz desde las fuentes más distantes hasta los espacios que habitamos. Escribirlo ha sido como ver brillar de nuevo la arquitectura: sentir el poder de la luz en construcciones del pasado y del presente que se han levantado bajo el mismo cielo. Al final de este camino, he reconocido una vez más lo mucho que necesitamos tanto iluminar como preservar los lugares que habitamos...